North America Distribution

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Canescent whitlow-mustard is fairly widespread in northern and western North America, but it is a rare native of New England. It is found in similar habitats as rock whitlow-mustard, that is, cliffs, talus and headlands on high-pH bedrock in northern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Native to North America?

Sometimes Confused With

none of the flowers subtended by leafy bracts and siliques glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple or forked hairs (vs. D. cana, with the lowest 1–3 flowers each subtended by a leafy bract and siliques pubescent with stellate hairs).

none of the flowers subtended by leafy bracts and siliques glabrous or sparsely pubescent with simple or forked hairs (vs. D. cana, with the lowest 1–3 flowers each subtended by a leafy bract and siliques pubescent with stellate hairs).